The Perfect Antidote For An ArtPrize Hangover

Mexican Retablo

A dear friend shared this humility prayer with Brenda and I this summer. We have found it to be like a tuning fork for the heart. This little prayer seems like the perfect antidote to the ArtPrize hangover that took the bounce out of my step this week.

O Jesus! meek and humble of heart, Hear me. From the desire of being esteemed,Deliver me, Jesus. (repeat after each line)From the desire of being loved, From the desire of being extolled, From the desire of being honored, From the desire of being praised, From the desire of being preferred to others, From the desire of being consulted, From the desire of being approved, From the fear of being humiliated, From the fear of being despised, From the fear of suffering rebukes, From the fear of being calumniated, From the fear of being forgotten, From the fear of being ridiculed, From the fear of being wronged, From the fear of being suspected, That others may be loved more than I, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it. (repeat after each line) That others may be esteemed more than I , That, in the opinion of the world, others may increase and I may decrease, That others may be chosen and I set aside, That others may be praised and I unnoticed, That others may be preferred to me in everything, That others may become holier than I, provided that I may become as holy as I should,